A Cordiall Water: A Garland of Odd & Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man or Beast
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1614274282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 186 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"To your health" according to wogan. MFK Fisher is such a marvelous author, my advice to anyone even halfway interested in cooking is to read everything she ever wrote. This book is different in the sense that it has `receipts' to cure ills. There is much that would be of interest to anyone fascinated in natural remedies and medicine.Fisher desc. "Literary Medicine" according to A Customer. With her distinct voice, M.F.K. Fisher discusses the medical, cultural, social, and emotional attributes of traditional folk remedies and medical treatments. This small, gentle book is a "must" read for those interested in new age, herbal, and alternative treatment for maladies, illnesses, and the physical an. Customer said Good quick read. Fun book. I always enjoy her writings.
2013 Reprint of 1961 Edition. For many years Fisher collected lore about odd restoratives and remedies-medicines, nostrum, herbs, oils, powders, charms, poultices, liquors, brews and cure-alls for coughs, colds, sore throats, poisons, freckles and warts, nosebleeds, bites of insects and mad dogs, burns, rashes, rheumatism, excess weight, chills, fevers and wounds incurred in the mating season. Herein she recounts the origins, applications and apparent effectiveness of these unusual recipes in a group of essays in which wonder and wisdom, nostalgia and quiet humor are the main ingredients.. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software